Britain’s Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, came to the World Bank to urge action on what he called one of the most insidious forms of corruption: the illegal wildlife trade. Wildlife crime has escalated...

A year from now, climate negotiators representing countries worldwide will be in Paris finalizing an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and begin slowing the impacts of climate...

NAIROBI, October 29, 2014—In Kenya, over 90% of the population uses wood, charcoal, or kerosene for their daily cooking needs. These fuels pollute the environment and pose serious health risks such as...

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said boosting shared prosperity for the lowest 40% of income earners in developing countries will improve the lives of all members of society, not only a fortunate...

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim has a message for the Middle East and North Africa: Despite the enormity of the challenges, the region can find a way out of its crises. Kim is visiting Saudi...

At the annual meeting of the Bretton Woods Committee held at headquarters on Wednesday, President Jim Yong Kim said the Bank Group can find a way to help countries “leapfrog generations of mistakes” in...

A year ago, the World Bank Group won support for the audacious goal of ending extreme poverty. Today, as the 2014 International Monetary Fund-World Bank Spring Meetings wrap up, the Bank Group is close...

Just a few years ago, Myanmar was isolated, politically and economically, from the rest of the world. Now, it is opening up and growing strongly, but it faces challenges, including access to electricity...

Six months ago, the World Bank Group’s member countries endorsed a bold plan to end extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity. Today, they gave the Bank Group the green light to reposition...

Cochabamba, Bolivia – It looks like just another busy Saturday afternoon in Cliza, a farming village 37 kilometres south of Cochabamba: local small farmers offer the colorful fruits from the pachamama,...

For World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim, this generation, like no other before, can begin to imagine a world free from poverty. That was his message to students and representatives of the Pontifical...

CARABAYLLO, Peru– Climbing a steep hillside bare of trees and passing homes with tin roofs, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim drove back into his past over the weekend –and reconnected with a small...

The topic: climate change. Around the table: representatives of some of the world’s top philanthropic foundations and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. They met at the World Bank in Washington earlier...

April 20, 2013— After a decade of sustained economic growth and falling poverty in developing countries, the World Bank Group has a “historic opportunity” to help end extreme poverty within a generation,...

End poverty in a generation? People from more than 80 countries weighed in on that difficult goal in a special event, Global Voices on Poverty, with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations...

Among the numerous challenges climate change will present to the world’s poorest citizens, its effects felt through water will be some of the most hard-hitting. The recent report Turn Down the Heat:...

On an early afternoon in a quiet village in Uttar Pradesh – India’s most populous state, and also one of its poorest – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim experienced the challenges an emerging India...